The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-04
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL


cuss prohibition in Politics" at Superior Court
room No. J.. Monday evening.
The one-miIe race at the Virginia-avenue
Rink last night. was won by Harry L. Garfield,
Of Xenia. o. Time 3:27--the fastest ever made
IN this city
Pupils of the Trainin g-school OF Expression
will give elocntionary recital, the Famous
Rides" in the When Block Dancing Academy.
the evening of Friday, Dec. g.
The expense account of the city for November
toots up $35. Al so OF this amount Sc, 254. 81
goes 20 the Indianapolis Gas Company for gas
The of the city election, which was ST.
635. o. is also included in the amount
Marriage LICENCES were issued yesterday to
Grant w. Baker and Mary Ragsda1e. VIM. FL.
Manship and Diana E. l.. Keffer. Fred Ellen
kamp and Kate Sohuker, VIM F. Briscol and
Emma s. Bevin, Banner L. Brady and Pearl
Brumley, Griffith Wilkins and Cerelda j. Jonn-
son.
WANTS WIFE LIKE HIMSELF.
Silas s. Cane the deaf mute arrested on a
warrant sworn out by his wife, charging him
with deserving her, appeared before Squire
Feibleman yesterday and agreed TO pay her 50
per week for support He announces that he
will make an application for divorce at once.
and then marry some who is unfortunate
like himself
THE POTTERY EXHIBIT.
Tuesday. Dec IA, the Art Association opens its
show of pottery. at No. 244 East Washington
street The EXHIBIT will be open day and even.
ing and closes Saturday night, Dec. II. The
ware il for sale. Admission is fifteen cents.
An immense quantity and great variety is to
be shown from all the leading American potter
les. such as the lockwood, the Camden, the
Beleek. etc.
ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF BURGLARY.
Frank Hoffman. young man living with his
mother, on Massachusetts avenue, arrested
yesterday morning by Capt Colbert and Ser
geant Lowe, charged with burglary and grand
larceny. The specific charge IS that he robbed
Crampton's store, at No. 20 Massachusetts ave-
nue., on Thanksgiving night He was employed
collector for the firm, and he is also charged
with retaining funds he had collected. and
should have turned over to the store. He was
taken before the Mayor yesterday morning and
waived examination to await grand jury action.
CAPTURE OF TWO BAD MEN.
Sast spring the federal officials hero arrested
Jim Fox and Mike Hammer, two desperate
criminals who were wanted for counterfeitiug
in northern Ohio. They had been arrested in
Kentucky and twice escaped from the officers
there, after which they came here and began
housekee piu9 in the northwestern portion of the
city, where they were captured. Since their ar
rest nine other members Of the gang have been
taken and convicted. Yesterday Marshal
Hawkins received word from Cleveland that
Fox had been sent up for six years and Hammer
tor four years
LITIGATION BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Litigation between Albert Calvin. the propr-
street, and Mrs. Catharine Hamlin. who leases
the hotel. was revived yesterday by Mr.. Calvin
fling petition in the Superior Court for pos
session of the house. Recently he brought suit
before Squire Feibleman for unpaid rent. and
Mrs. Hamlin sued him for damages, alleging
heard the came day, and one was allowed to off
ret the other. In his suit for possession he
alleges that Mrs. Hamlin has not paid her rent
and otherwise fulfilled her contract with him.
A re
Sarah Ann Edgey, the wife of John Edgey, of
West Indianapolis, has petitioned the Superior
Court for divorce alleging cruel treatment
and abandonment. Mr.. and Mrs Edgey were
married IN Belfast, Ireland. in 1873 and soon
afterward came to this city. where they have
been very successful in accommodating wealth
Mrs Edgey alleges that seven years ago her
husband began mistreatine her, and recently
entirely abandoned her. She recites that he is
he owner Of four houses and lots Gin West Id
dianapolis and two in this city. and asks the
>ourt to allow her So 900 alimony Five children
have resulted from this marriage, and of these
Jhe asks the custody.
GENERAL CONDITION OF HEALTH.
There has been spread in the prevailing
tontseious disease the past week. and the City
Health Board think that if the people can be
prevailed upon to obey the sanitary rules of the
city all the disease be speedily eradicated.
During the month of November there were
from di2htheria- But few new cases of typhoid
fever have been reported the last week. and only
twenty one new cases of diphtheria- There are
about forty cases of measles in the city, but the
disease is of very mild character and no deaths
from il have been recorded. During the last
week there were twenty-nine deaths from all
diseases AID thirty seven births.
ADVANTAGES OF ASPHALT.
Considerable interest is being taken in the
attempt to have the projected pavement OF
Washington street made Of asphalt Its advan-
.ages smoothness and lack Of noise. On
these accounts it il claimed that the traffic of a
sity is drawn to streets paved with this material,
and counts OF the teams passing over the
street are cited in confirmation of the statement
It Is said that in st. Louis, in 1883, two parallel
adjacent streets were paved, one with
asphalt and one with granite blocks, and
shat 1885 the recorded traffic on
the granite street only 308 vehicles per
diem, while that on the asphalt street was 2, PAT
on three adjacent parallel streets for the pur-
pose OF testing this feature various days, and
that result it shows that granite-psve
street has lost half of its traffic IL two years and
q half, while asphalt street, one block north
Of IT, has gained 900 per cent. and south of
Il over 2. 100 per cent. in the same time.
WORK THE GAS PIPE LINE.
The weather has interfered with work on the
indianapolis company's pipe line Yesterday the
men were idle and therefore the line was not put
10 order Tor tho promised test which has been
postponed until Tuesday George Kelley, of the
National tube-works. says the delay of few
laws will not amount to much as better prog
ress than was expected in pipe-laylng has been
made. The line will be completed before the
LIST OF January. James Giles. of Washington,
Penn, has been engaged to superin tend the
frilling OF wells for the Consumers Trust. This
eompanys leases lay altogether in Hamilton
county. as nothing has vet been done in regard
20 territory in the Greenfield district although
lnder consideration. Yesterday between
t6 600 and 81, 900 was paid in the 20 per cent.
assessment The Broad Ripple company has
completed another well which is said TO be OF
equal strength with the other four owned by
this corporation. tit is expected its pipe line to
the city limits will be completed next week and
that in addition enough pipe be had under
the present contract to extend it half mile
within the limits
Close of the ''Deacon Brodie" Engagement.
Tha ..Deaeon Brodien COMPANY closed its en-